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Ecclesiastes 5:10

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The Folly of Riches

10aHe who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is 1vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or futility

Cross references

  1. aEccl 1:8; 2:10, 11; 4:8

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Whoever loves money never has enough;

whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with their income.

This too is meaningless.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who love money will never have enough. How meaningless to think that wealth brings true happiness!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whoever loves money is not satisfied with money,

and whoever loves wealth is not satisfied with profit.

This also is vanity!

KJV 1900King James Version

He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.